CaSafeSchools.org
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California Safe Schools Coalition
Description
The California Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act of 2000 prohibits discrimination and harassment on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in California public schools. The law, authored as AB 537 by then-Assemblymember Sheila Kuehl and signed into law by Governor Gray Davis, amended the state Education Code by adding actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity to existing sections on discrimination.
The National Center for Lesbian Rights publication Fifteen Expensive Reasons Why Safe Schools Legislation is in Your State's Best Interest lists pending lawsuits and settlements in cases of harassment or discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
